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18 NOMINATIONS AND PLATFORM BUILDING IN ETHER WHOLE DAY WEAF MAY ' GIVE BILL TONIGHT Program Here and for Most Other Out-of-Town Stations Dependent on Convention WRC took up the broadcast of the fourth session of the Demo cratic national convention at Madison Square Garden this morning at 9:30 o’clock and will continue to transmit the proceed ings all day. In the event that a night ses sion of the convention is voted, the proceedings will be broadcast by WCAP. Program. Uncertain. WCAP’s program, in the absence of a night session of the cdnven ties, is yet to be announced. The station’s eleventh-hour program Wednesday night consisted of a con cert by the Navy Band and the Wardman Park Trio with assisting artists. Ih all probability the program to night will be composed of New York features from WEAF and several lo cal numbers. The convention session for today will continue the roll call of the States for nominations. Discussion of the platform to be adopted will follow the roll call. « Distant stations generally have announced another series of tenta tive programs for tonight. Ramos Family at WEAF. The scheduled program of WEAF, New York, includes concerts by the Ramos Family Orchestra and Fisch* er’s Dance Orchestra. The Happi ness Boys, Ernest Hare and Billy Jones, and Harriet Hubbard, dra matic soprano, also are on the bill. The regular Friday night enter tainment under the auspices of the Canadian National Railways is to come on the air from CFCA, To ronto, beginning at 8 o’clock. • CKAC, Montreal, has arraigned a special program, the details of which will be announced over the air. A late program of dance music will be picked up from the Mt. Royal Hotel roof garden. The Neapolitan Concert Company, composed of Jeanette Miller, so prano; Erdine Maddock, contralto; Thomas J. Kelley, baritone; Walter L. Marmand, tenor, and Gertrude Delorey, soprano, and the WBZ Trio will make up a late evening pro gram from WBZ, Springfield. "Cappy Ricks” at WGY. Schenectady, in the event of ad journment of the convention by 8 o’clock, will present “Cappy Ricks,” played by the WGY players. musical numbers also are scheduled from that station. Another of the series of outdoor band concerts by the Goldman Band is billed from WJZ, New York, at 7 o’clock. The Buffalo Trust Company will offer a program of music from the Federal Telephone station, WGR, beginning at 7:30. Other features of the night will be found at WHAS, Louisville, where a concert will be held under the direc tion of Mrs. Robert K. Van Pelt; WOO, Philadelphia, where the weekly late dance program will be played by the Hotel Adelphia Or chestra; WLAG, Minneapolis, which will offer the New Nicollet Hotel Orchestra at midnight, and WDAF, Kansas City, where the WDAF Min strels will entertain. SONG OF ROBIN STIRS IOWA UNIVERSITY FANS IOWA CITY, lowa, June 27.—An Uninvited radio entertainer, a red breasted robin, invaded the pro gram from the University of lowa station, WHAA, here recently and aroused a mail bag full of applause. The robin chose for its audience a crowd of several thousand persons who had gathered under the cam pus elms to hear Reverend John A. Ryan, of Washington, D. C., give a baccalaureate sermon. Quite un wittingly the robin actually sang to a nation through the university broadcast station. It burst into song early in the program and was beard intermittently. KtJk/’g cMKQ GENUINE R. C. A. TUBES UV-201A (ft OQ C-301-A UV-199 0 <iUO C-299 UV-200 J C-900 WD-11 and 12 w C-ll and 12 sls DEPOSIT Secures a FADA NEUTRODYNE FREED-EISEMANN CROSLEY SB or XJ ATWATER KENT Balance to Suit Your Convenience Exide Storage Batteries $1 Per Week STUDEBAKER Just Drive It; That’s All DISTANT STATIONS This program is sent bifmail and corrected bp telegraph, but subject to last-minute changes, 2 to 4. 2:oo—Judge' Norris, Talk, Newark —.— .—WOR 405 Musical Program, Philadelphia 395 Musical Program, New York 360 Broadcast of Ocean Waves, Philadelphia .. WIP 509 Hotel Astor Organ, New York ....... .—..WJZ 455 2:os—Chats with Visitors, Philadelphia WIP 609 2:3o—Gotham Entertainers, Newark WOR 405 Comfort’s Philharmonic Orchestra, Philadelphia ...WIP 509 2:45—-Musical Program, Pittsburgh ....KQV 270 B:oo—Judith Roth, Soprano, New York ~,».,«.«...WEAF 492 Schmeman’s Band Concert, Detroit ....» ...WWJ 517 3:lo—Art and Decorations, Talk, New York WJZ» 455 Women’s Club Hoyr, Minneapolis .—.—... i WLAG 417 3:15—-Lee Terry, Pianist, New York WEAF 492 Musical Program, New York ............WHN 360 . 3:2o—Daily Menu, New York WJZ 455 3:2s—Marguerite Derignell, Soprano, New York WEAF 492 3:3o—Sunshine Girl, Pittsburgh Peeps At People, New York WJZ 455 3:4o—Matinee Program, Minneapolis ..WLAG 417 Lee Terry, Pianist, New York WEAF 492 3:4s—Grand Organ and Trumpets, Philadelphia ....WOO 509 3:so—Harry Brown, Violinist, New York 4 to & 4:oo—Musical Program, Pittsburgh ......KQV 270 ’, Musical Program, New York WHN 360 Magazine Reading, Minneapolis ....WLAG 417 Ridge Club Artists, New York .........WJZ 455 4:os—Marguerite Derignell, Soprano, New York WEAF 492 4:ls—Musical Program, Detroit .WCX 517 Harry Brown, Violinist, New York ~..„.»»...WEAF 492 4:80 —Theater Program, Kansas City ............WDAF 411 Children’s Hour, New York .............„...WEAF 492 s:oo—Sunny Jim, Philadelphia WFI 395 At the Festive Board, New York WHN 360 Dinner Music, New «fork WEAF 492 Sport Hour, Minneapolis WLAG 417 Musical Program, Cincinnati . WLW 423 Alamo Theater Orchestra, Louisville ..............WHAS 400 Dinner Music, Springfield —.— WBZ 337 s:os—Dinner Music, Philadelphia —z. WIP 509 s:ls—Agnes Leonard, Songs, Newark WOR 405 6:3o—Dinner Music, Buffalo WGR 319 Man In the Moon, Newark .......WOR 406 Meyer Davis Orchestra, Philadelphia WFI 395 WNAC Dinner Dahce, Boston WNAC 278 , Dinner Dance Music, Pittsburgh .. ...WCAE 462 Children’s Stories, Schenectady ......WGY 380 6 to 7. 6:oo—Joint Recital, Newark Dinner Concert, Cleveland WTAM 390 Dinner Concert, Detroit WCX 617 Sport Hour, New York .. —.— ...WHN 360 Uncle Wip, Philadelphia .... WIP 509 News Bulletins, Chicago KYW 636 “April Fool,” Springfield WBZ 337 6:ls—Grace Forbes, Soprano, New York ....—WEAF 492 6:2o—Resume of Day’s Sports, Newark WOR 405 Financial Review, New York —.—..WJZ 455 6:3o—Digest of the Day’s News, Buffalo WGR 319 Ramos Family Orchestra, New York WEAF 492 Farm Lectures, Minneapolis . .WLAG 417 Uncle Kaybee, Pittsburgh . ......WCAE 462 Children’s Hour, Pittsburgh ..KDKA 326 Stories. Springfield WBZ 337 Dream Daddy, Philadelphia .... WDAR 395 6:4s—Chimes Concert, Davenport WOC 484 6:so—Harriet Hubbard, Soprano, New York WF.Aff 492 7 to 8. ' 7:oo—Kiddies Stories, Montreal School of the Air, Kansas City —.— ...WDAF 411 Billy Jones and Ernest Hare, New York —. WEAF 492 Band Concert, Minneapolis .——...WLAG 417 Musical Program, Pittsburgh —WCAE 462 Detroit News Orchestra, Detroit 1.... .. WWJ 517 Operatic Concert. Pittsburgh ...J —.— ...KDKA 326 „ Arnold Abbott, Philadelphia —WDAR 395 7:lo—Goldman Band Concert, New Yoric .....WJZ 455 7:3o—Orchestra Program, Montreal CKAC 425 Musical Program, Buffalo WGR 319 Orchestra, New York .....WEAF 492 Sandman’s Visit; Davenport ... .....W0C 484 Schmeman’s Band Concert, Detroit ....WWJ 617 ... ® and Concert. Philadelphia ...W00 509 Harriet Hubbard, Soprano, New York .—.— ......WEAF 492 7:45 Cappy Ricks, Schenectady WGY 380 8 to 9. B:oo—Graduation Program, Pittsburgh .KQV 270 Dance Orchestra, New York ..WEAF 492 Farm Program, Chicago ...KYW 536 Musical Program, Toronto CFCA 400 B:ls—Grand Organ Recital, Philadelphia —......W00 509 B:3o—Special Entertainment, Montreal CKAC 425 Musical Program, Detroit . . ..WCX 617 Musical Program, New York WHN 360 Talk, New York -..--..WEAF 492 Concert, Louisville ..—.....WHAS 400 „.a sea5 ea . ux Arts Case Orchestra, Philadelphia . . ...WDAR 395 B:4o—Orchestra Music, New York ..—..WEAF 492 9 to 10. 9:oo—Star Radio Trio, Kansas City ... —WDAF 411 Silvermans Orchestra, St. Louis KSD 546 Musical Program, New York a———....-WHN 360 Musical Program, Davenport .—..WOC 484 Dance Music, Philadelphia .WOO 509 Talk, Jefferson City • WOS 441 Artist Recital, Springfield ....WBZ 337 fl-20— PhlJadel » T hla WDAR 395 » 8 ! cal Program, Jefferson City WOS 441 B:B °—Musical Program, Memphis ...... WMC 600 Musical Program,. Dallas —...WFAA 476 n Orchestra, New York ..........—........WJZ 455 9:4s—Musical Program, Los Angeles KFI 469 Childrens Hour, Los Angeles KH.T 395 10 to 11. 10:00—Supper Music, Buffalo ,—_,_WGR 819 Musical Program, New York WHN 360 Tourist Talk, Davenport WOC 484 WBZ Trio, Springfield WBZ 337 Orchestra, Philadelphia ...WDAR 395 Oance Program, Philadelphia ... ...W00 609 10:30—Mt. Royal Hotel Orchestra, Montreal ...CKAC 278 Artist Recital, Schenectady WGY 380 11 to 12. 11:00—Midnight Revue, Chicago - - nw . L , KYW 536 Concert, Los Angeles r .,, ■, - > r ■,,.1. KFI 469 Concert, Los Angeles -—«• , ~,,, , , JV - Tr .. kht 896 After Midnight. 12:00—Bert Miller's Orchestra, Memphis nT ,_, ~ WMff 800 Orchestra, Minneapolis ———- - -- - TVTI r ,,,,WLAG 417 Concert, Los Angeles ~, „ . KFI 469 12:45—Nighthawk Frolic, Kansas City ...WDAF 411 I:oo—Concert, Los Angeles .......—KHT 395 1:30 —Hoot Owls, Portland KGW 492 2:oo—Coconut Grove Orchestra, Los Angeles .............KFI 469 TEN-METER TRANSMITTER TURNED OVER TO NAVY John L. Reinartz, of South Man chester, Conn., radio engineer and prominent amateur experimenter, has annffanced that he has turned over to the Navy Department all his data and developments on a radio transmitter functioning on ten meters. The Navy Department, for the present at least, will not make public information thus ac quired. It is understood that all battle ships, as well as a number of other naval vessels, will be equipped as soon as possible with the Reinartz short-wave transmitter. The in ventor states that his new system can be adapted in ten minutes to any. existing amateur transmitting ■teflon. BICYCLE SETS PROVE POPULAR IN FRANCE Bicycle touring in France has been for years ohe of the great summer sporta This year the cyclists are more in evidence than ever before, and many of them are taking radio sets along. There is much activity, therefore, in the design of light, portable re ceivers that can be. eanted oom yenieafly-te-ghte sm* THE WASHINGTON TIMES MILWAUKEE OPENS ITS CIVIC GIFT STATION MILWAUKEE. June 27. —Station WCAY, formerly operated and owned by the Kesselman O’Driscoll Company here, has been donated by that firm to the city of Milwau kee, and opened as the Milwaukee Civic Broadcasting Station, Inc. Ten firms, supporting the station co operatively, contribute >2,500 each annually to defer the coat of operat ing. The power of WCAY Is 250 watts, which soon will be increased to 500 watts. Plans for better programs Include establishing an artist finan cing fund. FLEXIBLE WIRES MAKE EFFICIENT AERIAL SET Two flexible wires, covered with insulating material such as lamp oord, each about SO feeY flF'Tength, make an efficient aerial and these may be flung out on the ground or over bushes, one being connected to the antenna binding post and the other to the ground binding post. These wires when wound up may be carried in the pocket, in the case of a loop antenna certain folding models also are made, par ticularly for strictly portable Mto U.S.MLLDONIST HEARD WBZ IN HOLLAND First Attempt to Communi cate With International Racers Proves Success SPRINGFIELD, June 27—Succeae attended the first organized attempt to communicate by radio with the international balloon racers while in flight, and Westinghouse Sta tion WBZ at Springfield, Mass., can lay claim to this signal honor. The Springfield broadcasting sta tion made special efforts to reach Pilot Van Orman of the Balloon Goodyear 111. For several nights following the ascension of the com peting pilots, WBZ broadcast its programs with the hope of enter taining the flyers and also courte ously transmitted official letters of cheer and messages of encourage ment from friends of the American pilot. Pilot Van Orman equipped his balloon with a receiving set, and made every effort to get the WBZ call letters. Until the American pilot made a landing it was impossible to learn whether or not he had received anything from the Westinghouse station. However, full substantia, tion of his reception was given im mediately following his landing, when WBZ received the following cablegram: "Heard call letters, two thirty seven, Monday morning.” (Signed) Pilot Van Orman. The reception was effected while the Goodyear 111 was flying over Holland. The cablegram was sent from Amsterdam, Holland. There is a difference of six hours between Holland and Eastern daylight saving time. Pilot Van Arman evidently heard a portion of the WBZ pro gram, which was broadcast between 8:30 and 9 O’clock p. m„ on Sunday, June 15. , This is the first time that any effort has been made to reach com petitors in the International Balloon Races by radio, and the success of WBZ’s attempt to effect such com munications lists itself with another of the many accomplishments of radio. Romping Around the Radio Dial • By Liatner-In - ■ A dark horse, crowding "The Man of Destiny” and "The Demo crat’s Paul Revere” in the Demon stration Derby yesterday brought forth the cheers of this listener-in. Where "California. Here I Come” had set us humming and where "The Sidewalks of New York” had revived memories of other times and other days, "Maryland, My Maryland.” bursting suddenly on an ether, surfeited with sirens and cowbells had us tingling all over. It was the unexpected, the un scheduled—a spontaneous outburst, honest and real. We had supposed the nomination of Governor Ritchie would be met with a round of applause lasting perhaps about five minutes. But we reckoned not with the spirit of Maryland and the spirit of the South. Thanks to the comments of Gra ham McNamee, it was not hard to visualize that little giant of demonstrations. There was nothing theatrical or artifical about the cheers that came through the headphones when the little delegation from Old Maryland began its march ground the hall and it therefore was not surprising when another State, Delaware, joined in the procession. But as thrilling as was the demonstration in our headphones, the incident was the fourth of the convention which we regretted we could not see as well as hear. The other incidents were the at tempt of the girl with the “million dollars worth of curls” to Inspire further frenzy for McAdoo; the at tempt of Anna Case to stop that outburst by singing “The Star- Spangled Banner," and the crippled Franklin Roosevelt, delivering his great oration in behalf of the vigor ous Al Smith. The broadcasting station seldom has an opportunity to transmit a voice so well modulated for the vacuum tube as that, of Mr. Roose velt And it seldom has the privilege of broadeasting such a brilliant ora tion as that which the former candi date for Vice President delivered in the Garden yesterday. The non-radlacs seem to have the convention packed. By a vote of 555 to 518 they voted against a night radio session yesterday. Os course, they don’t call them selves non-radlacs, and there was no mention of radio when the vote was taken. The politicians may talk about the vote being a defeat for McAdoo or a victory for Bounce Bailey, but to about ten million listeners the vote was solely and strictly on whether the invisible audience that can visit the convention only at night, is to be neglected any longer. We llsteners-in must in the future find out what sort of radiacs we are sending as delegates to these national conventions. Among the events which might have been broadcast yesterday but vzhlch weren’t was the mob scene at the Garden entrances when the Al Smith supporters from the side walks of New York crashed the gate. Apparently there was some sure fire repartee that would h<ve lis tened well over the Nur. The chances are fifty-fifty that we will have an opportunity some day to use the ballot printed on this page. If the non-radlacs, how ever, should have their way, again, 'we can clip it out and save it «ntll tomorrow or next Christmas. 7Ti« National Daily RADIO ENGINEER DIVES ABO OF ANTENNA Explains to Owners of Sqfs Why Ono Is Necessary and What Kind to Get NEW YORK, June 27_-“Must I have an antenna?” is one of the first questions arising in the mind of one contemplating the purchase of a radio set and in the minds of many already owning radio re ceivers. The second question to arise in this connection is: ’'lf I must have an antenna must It be an outside one, like those I see on the roofs, of may it be located inside the rooms where my set Is to be placed. R. E. Thompson, radio engineer, answers: “All radio sets must have some kind of antenna because this is a device for catching the radio waves. This antenna, however, may be in one of several different forms and sizes. “In order to understand these dif ferent forms it is necessary to con sider just a few things that techni cal men would point out. A radio wave consists of two parts spoken of by engineers as the “electrical” and the "magnetic component." The former can be more efficiently re cived than the latter because it Is more practical to build a device that will be effected by It. This may be a piece of wire pr conductor of electricity from it few inches long to a few hundred feet long. It has been found, however, tihat what suits the kind of waves and the length of waves, used in broadcast ing, is an elevated wire between 75 and 100 feet long. This wire literally draws the waves down and through the radio receivers and then to the earth. The upper or outer end of such an antenna is connect ed to nothing and should be in sulated from any conductor of elec tricity to obtain the best results. "When using this type of antenna, commonly known as the open type, one side of the radio receiver must bo connected to the earth, as it is the tendency of the waves to find a short cut to earth. “The ground and antenna exist, though the antenna may be only a few Inches of wire forming the ordinary connections between parts in the set itself, and the ground may be the electrical capacity exist ing between other wires and the earth. “Practically speaking, an open antenna system may consist of a piece of wire, six or eight feet long, easily arranged in any room. Its position in the room makes com paratively little difference, as long as it is stretched away from the set. All of these open types of antenna should be used with a ground connection, which consists of a piece of wire as short as practicable, connecting the ground side or grounding post of the re ceiver to a radiator, water pipe or other metallic structure which has contact with the earth itself.” ■■ ■ Local Broadcast All Programs Eastern Standard Time. NAA—Naval Radio Station, Arling ton (435 Meters, Radiophone). 12:15 p. m.—Live stock markets. 1:45 p. m.—Fruits and vegetable markets. , 8 p. m.—Live stock. 3:45 p. m.—Weather report. 4:05 p. m.—Hay and feed. 4:25 p. m.—Dairy products. 7:45 to 8 p. m.—Treasury Depart ment, Bureau of the United States Public Health Service, Broadcast No. 235, "Hygiene of the Eye” (sup plement 2). WCAP—C. & P. (469) 6:30 p. m.—Program to be an nounced. This program will include the broadcasting of the outstanding events at the Democratic national convention at Madison Square Gar den, New York city. WlAY—Woodward & Lothrop (273) 10:30 a. m. to 2 p. m.—Program. WRC—Radio Corporation (469) 9:30 a. m.—Broadcasting principal events of Democratic national con vention at Madison Square Garden, New York City. Convention called to order by Permanent Chairman Walsh. Invocation by the Rev. Dwight W. Wylie, Central Presbyterian Church, New York. Continuation of roll call by States for nominations for candi dates for President. At least five more Presidential nominations are expected. Resolution for the election of the Democratic national committeemen and committeewomen and providing for their tenure of office. Report of platform committee. DANCE ORCHESTRA WILL CONTINUE TO BROADCAST BUFFALO, N. Y„ June 27.—Vin cent Lopez Hotel Statler dance orchestra will continue to broadcast from WGR throughout the sum mer. Here is a grand and glorious case of majority rule. The “ayes” have it. There was a time weeks back when the management of the Hotel Statler questioned the wisdom of continuing the music of the famous orchestra throughout the summer. So the public was given the op portunity of balloting on the prop osition in the hotel dining and-grlll rooms and WGR announcers asked radiophans what they thought about the matter. Figuratively there was a thunderous roar of "ayes” and the "ayes” have it their own way. What “Dyne” Means Many fans have wondered what the suffix or prefix “dyne,” which has been used to name many new circuits, means. This comes from the Greek word dynamls, meaning pqwer; la physic* (hi* me*p* Xqem, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1924. MOVIE STAR LISTENS ON 1 MATCHBOX SET . ' if - JI iObr " > zs-aS r.Mao E B ' ■ ' iBBk ‘ : I'' . ? : ■ UK' T ' - \ 1 i jJi Wh : VI Wl " / ■ ■/ Z K * /v/ ■ ’ jF IJ r ''' ' ' 7; lay - . -- tt t■ -r j PHOTOSYaUNDESWOOOISIUND£RWOOO HOPE HAMPTON, Famous movie star listening-in on the newest matchbox set, whic has a radius of forty miles. The matchbox set is now being manu factored in large quantities by a New York firm. CONVENTION RADIO BALLOT ill I | I H . B ! I I 24 ALABAMA..... I. 1.. 1....1....L. I. ...|... .1... .1... 1.... .... .... "7" 6 ARIZONA... It ARKANSAS 26 CALIFORNIA 12 COLORADO 14 CONNECTICUT' 6 DELAWARE. 12 FLORIDA 21 GEORGIA 8 IDAHO St ILLINOIS..' . 80 INDIANA 26 IOWA 20 KANSAS 26 KENTUCKY .... :. 20 LOUISIANA 12 MAINE 16 MARYLAND • 36 MASS .. ... 30 MICHIGAN. a 24 MINNESOTA 20 MISSISSIPPI.... 36 MISSOURI 8 MONTANA, 16 NEBRASKA 6 NEVADA 8 NEW HAMPSHIRE 28 NEW JERSEY: 6 NEW MEXICO 00 NEW YORK 24 N. CAROLINA .* 10 N. DAKOTA•••*..Z.-.t 48 OHIO ~ 20 OKLOHOMA .... . 10 OREGON 76 PENNSYLVANIA.. ... 10 RHODE ISLAND 18 S. CAROLINA 10 S. DAKOTA 24 TENNESSEE 40 TEXAS 8 UTAH 8 VERMONT 24 VIRGINIA 14 WASHINGTON 16 W. VIRGINIA 26 WISCONSIN 6 WYOMING 6 ALASKA 6 CANAL ZONE.... 6 D.OFC 6 HAWAII 6 PHILIPPINES.... 6 PORTO R1C0.... s Totall,ooß, One-third.... 368 Two-thirdi.... 732 .... Additional ballot* can be obtained by pasting blank sheet* of paper over tile portion of the ballot **ed ia tabulation. Xte «( th* candidate* can be written in at the top of the column* SUIT TO SETTLE MANY RADIO POINTS Noted Counsel Close Breach of Contract Arguments In Federal Court NEW YORK. June 27.—0ral ar guments In a suit brought by the Hazeltine Research Corporation and the Independent Radio Manufactur ers, Inc., against the Freed-Else mann Radio Corporation tor breach of contract were made before Judge Robert A. Inch In the Federal Di s trict Court In Brooklyn yesterday. Former Governor Nathan Miller summed up for the plaintiff and the argument for the defense was made by former Judges Walter C. Noyes and Elmet C. Jenks. The action Is one of the most Im portant that has centered arounl radio since broadcasting spread over the country. It involves a license agreement granted to the Freed- Eisemann Corporation by the Inde pendent Radio Manufacturers, Inc., permitting the former to manufac ture radio receiving sets under the Hazeltine Neutrodyne patents. The validity of the patents or trade marks, or any question of infringe ment in connection with thess rights is not involved in this action. The Hazeltine corporation claims that the defendant breached the contract by certain alleged acts of commission and omission. The claim is also made that the de fendant repudiated the contract by other alleged acts. The alleged breach consists of refusal to make returns, refusal to pay royalties, and refusal to permit Inspection of books, all of which are provided for in the terms of the license agreement. The repudiation is based on alleged application to can cel the trademarks and other alleged acts regarding the patent and trademark rights.